General News of Monday, 5 September 2016Source: dailyguideafrica.comOdike proposes one-week pay for workersFlagbearer for United Progressive Party (UPP), Akwasi AddaiPresidential candidate of United Progressive Party (UPP), Akwasi Addai aka ‘Odike’, says he will introduce a one-week pay structure for government workers if he wins the upcoming elections. He strongly kicked against the existing structure whereby government workers received their pay on monthly basis, arguing that the system creates financial challenges for Ghanaian workers. According to him, the one-month period is too long therefore government workers are forced to borrow money with huge interests within that period to solve their pressing financial needs. Odike therefore stated that the UPP government would ensure that the salary that government workers earn in a one-month is divided so that the worker could receive it in a one-week format. “Accumulating the pay of government worker for one-month is too long and this creates problems for the workers so I will introduce one-week pay format for government workers to make life bearable for them”.

Source: GhanaWeb September 05, 2016 08:03 UTC